Funeral is the debut full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade
Fire, released on September 14, 2004 in North America by Merge Records and on
February 28, 2005 in Europe by Rough Trade Records.

A funeral is a ceremony for celebrating, sanctifying, or remembering the
life of a deceased person. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and
practices used by a culture to remember the dead, from the funeral itself, to
various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor

A sermon delivered at such a ceremony

a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people
attended his funeral"